Summer fruits muesli biscuits

It’s summer here in Australia! This photo was taken at the beach on an island that I live on.

So my goal for today was to catch up on studying after uni, but here I am procrasti-baking. Again. And now I’m sharing my recipe for summer fruits muesli biscuits with my inter-web peeps.

Makes 20 biscuits.

Ingredients:

• 1 2/3 cup plain flour
• 2/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup muesli with dried summer fruits
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 egg
• 150g melted butter

Mix melted butter and the egg together. Then add in the plain flour, caster sugar, muesli, vanilla essence and baking powder. Roll the mixture into small balls and place on a greased baking tray. Cook in an oven at 180°C for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool and sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top. It’s that easy!

Enjoy! ♥

 

 

Yummy chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache

Bonjour mes amis!

I made this mud cake for a friend, and oh gosh, it was the most delicious mud cake we’d ever devoured. The cake in the photo below may not appear neat… but trust me, it tasted amazing. I topped the cake with strawberries, and also left it to cool in the fridge overnight (tasted even better the next day!)

Ingredients:

Cake mixture
– 220g unsalted butter
– 220g dark chocolate
– 6 tsp instant coffee granules
– 2/3 cup water
– 1/2 cup self-raising flour
– 1/2 cup plain flour
– 1/4 cup cocoa powder
– 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
– 2 cups caster sugar
– 4 eggs
– 7 tsp vegetable oil
– 1/2 cup buttermilk

Ganache
– 250g dark chocolate
– 1/3 cup thickened cream

Stir the butter, chocolate, coffee granules and water in a saucepan over low heat until melted. In a separate bowl, sift the flours, cocoa, sugar, and bicarb soda together. Whisk together the eggs, oil and buttermilk in another bowl till combined.
Pour the cooled chocolate mixture into the egg mixture and whisk to combine.
Mix the chocolate/egg mixture into a well in the flour mixture.
Pour the cake mixture into a greased, lined cake tin.
Bake at 160°C for about 1 hour 45 minutes. Leave to cool.

You can cover the cake in dark chocolate ganache. To prepare the ganache, mix the dark chocolate and thickened cream over low heat until melted and combined. Leave the ganache to cool before covering the cake.

Enjoy! ♥

Cheesecake-marbled brownies

Hiya! I hope you enjoy my recipe for these delicious cheesecake-marbled brownies!

Ingredients:

Brownie batter
– 2/3 cup plain flour
– 250 grams unsalted butter
– 1/2 cup chocolate
– 3/4 cup sugar
– 2 eggs
– 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
– pinch of salt

Cheesecake batter
– 250g cream cheese
– 1/3 cup sugar
– 1 egg yolk
– 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Plus: 1/2 cup chocolate chips

To make the brownie batter, melt butter and chocolate in a saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and whisk in sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, salt, and plain flour until well-combined. Place the brownie mixture into a greased baking pan.

To make the cheesecake batter, whisk the softened cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla extract until smooth. Swirl the cheesecake mixture into the brownie batter with a knife.

Sprinkle chocolate chips over cheesecake/brownie batter.

Bake brownies at 180°C for about 30-35 minutes. Leave the brownies to cool, or place them in the fridge before slicing.

Enjoy! ♥

Banana muffins

I didn’t think banana muffins could get any healthier, but they apparently can. Now with almond milk and wholemeal plain flour!

Makes 12 (yummy, healthy, and not too sweet) muffins.

Ingredients:
– 1 cup wholemeal plain flour
– 3/4 cup almond milk
– 1/4 cup caster sugar
– 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
– 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
– 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
– 1/3 cup vegetable oil
– 1 egg
– 2 large mashed bananas

Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and spices in a large bowl. Mix the milk, oil, and egg into the dry ingredients and stir until well-combined. Spoon the mixture into a greased muffin tray and bake at 180°C for about 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy! ♥